B. J. Ridenhour

Biofilms preserve transmissibility of a multi-drug resistance plasmid

This study shows biofilms help MDR plasmids persist longer without antibiotics compared to planktonic populations, and favor horizontal transfer.

A Broadly Conserved Deoxycytidine Deaminase Protects Bacteria from Phage Infection

The study identifies DcdV, a deoxycytidine deaminase in V. cholerae, as a novel phage defense mechanism conserved across bacteria and eukaryotes.

Trait Evolution in Microbial Communities

The paper models how traits in microbial communities evolve under eco-evolutionary dynamics by integrating population genetics with resource-mediated dynamics.

Rhinovirus reduces the severity of subsequent respiratory viral infections by interferon-dependent and -independent mechanisms

This study shows that rhinovirus infection reduces severity of subsequent respiratory viral infections through both IFN-dependent and -independent mechanisms in mice.

Microbial phenotypic heterogeneity in response to a metabolic toxin: continuous, dynamically shifting distribution of formaldehyde tolerance in Methylobacterium extorquens populations

The paper shows that Methylobacterium extorquens populations exhibit continuous, dynamic formaldehyde tolerance heterogeneity without genetic mutations.

Parameter Identifiability of the Generalized Lotka-Volterra Model for Microbiome Studies

This study investigates whether relative abundance data can parameterize the generalized Lotka-Volterra model for microbiome dynamics, finding that relative data alone can estimate relative interaction strengths and dynamics.

Lung epithelial cells have virus-specific and shared gene expression responses to infection by diverse respiratory viruses

The paper compares gene expression responses of murine lung epithelial cells to three respiratory viruses, identifying shared and virus-specific transcriptional signatures.